Pidcock appears destined to make the move to the elite road racing scene, although the Leeds rider’s major target for 2018 may now be beyond him after Team Wiggins was not invited to the Tour de Yorkshire. Pidcock may yet be selected in a Great Britain team.

It doesn’t matter which path you take. If you’re good enough you’ll make it.

Tom Pidcock

He knows from the experience of Adam and Simon Yates that it will be possible to make it to the WorldTour, whether he is in the British system (he is not currently) or not.

Simon Yates came through British Cycling’s Olympic academy, while Adam did not.

“One took the GB path and one took the ‘do it yourself’ path. They showed it’s possible to do it both ways,” added Pidcock.

“It doesn’t matter which path you take. If you’re good enough you’ll make it,” he continued at Wembley Park, which is host to the OVO Energy Tour Series on Tuesday, May 29.

Doncaster’s Tom Stewart heads to next month’s Commonwealth Games in confident mood after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de Normandie since Paul Curran in 1985.

He took the race lead after getting into a seven-man breakaway and finishing third on the stage, a minute clear of the chasing pack. Stewart and his team-mates successfully defended the jersey over the final two stages.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to bits to win,” he said. “It is one of the most chaotic, dangerous, stressful, and difficult races to ride.

“I don’t know how we’ve done it. We’ve pulled off something really special. It makes me so proud to part of the team.”

Stewart is expected to ride for JLT Condor in May’s Tour de Yorkshire.